The latest transfer gossip, rumours and damned lies
Nilmar to Manchester Utd The Daily Mirror believe Alex Ferguson is weighing up the merits of a £20m for the Brazilian striker, currently playing at Internacional. He flopped at Lyon a few years ago but has shown great form for his current side, and also in the highly prestigious Confederations Cup tournament.
The Spoiler truth-o-meter: At 24, he meets the new Old Trafford age criteria, but Jorge Mendes is said to be brokering the deal. Will Utd want to deal with the man who helped Ronaldo escape to Spain?
Eidur Gudjohnsen back to the Premier League
A number of news agencies are claiming the Icelandic forward will return to English football, with Fulham, West Ham, Aston Villa and Everton said to be in the running.
Manchester Utd chief exec sets a steep price for star player
If Real Madrid are to land long-term transfer target Cristiano Ronaldo, they will have to break the world transfer record for a second time this month, according to Marca.
Today’s edition of the Spanish paper says Los Blancos have already had contact with Manchester Utd chief executive David Gill, who set the price for the Portuguese star at a whopping €96m.
Gill, Marca understands, is said to be completely unwilling to lower this price, despite the negotiation attempts of Madrid president Florentino Perez.
Barcelona-based paper AS corroborate the story, but they believe the transfer figure to be a paltry €89m. Apparently, this will be paid in bite-sized instalments, and the deal will go through before July 30th, so as to avoid the €30m compensation clause set out in Ronaldo’s pre-contract agreement with disgraced former president Ramon Calderon.
As also say that C-Ron’s shit-stirring agent Jorge Mendes will make a killing from the deal, taking home a commission in the region of €8.7m.
This week, Cristiano Ronaldo told journalists at the FIFA World Player of the Year Gala that he “has been learning” Spanish, and today some further hints of a summer move to Madrid have been dropped.
Ronaldo likes to stick his “CR7″ moniker on everything - his Portuguese boutique, the seats of his cars, his WAGs earrings - but he would almost certainly not be able to wear number 7 in Spain, as that belongs to Real Madrid legend Raul. The Sun say the Manchester Utd star has now taken the precautionary measure of trademarking “CR9″, perhaps implying he has earmarked Javier Saviola’s shirt number.
The trademark, however, was actually registered by C-Ron’s agent shit-stirring Jorge Mendes, which means the whole thing could just be another rouse designed to destabilise his position at Manchester Utd…
The latest transfer gossip, rumours and damned lies
When he wasn’t steamrollering his way through Europe and America, Cristiano Ronaldo spent last summer trying to fulfill his “dream move” to Real Madrid. The saga just won’t die, and there’s fresh rumours surrounding the move today…
Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid
The latest news in the never-ending saga comes from The Times, who say that Ronaldo has, via his agent Jorge Mendes, made a verbal agreement with former Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez to join the La Liga champs. The Spaniard will apparently use C-Ron as a basis for his re-election in 2010.
The Spoiler truth-o-meter: The bit where it says the deal was made “via his agent Jorge Mendes,” thoroughly discredits the rumour. Mendes is a notorious shit stirrer, who told us not so long ago that Ronaldo wanted to go to Italy.
Kenwyne Jones not going to Tottenham The Sun believe Sunderland have rejected a £6m offer from fellow relegation rivals Tottenham for their prized striker.
Agent suggests winger still wants out of Manchester
After the painfully botched Real Madrid summer transfer saga and subsequent (and thoroughly unconvincing) statement of commitment to Manchester Utd, reports in the Italian press suggest Cristiano Ronaldo now wants a move to Inter Milan.
C-Ron’s shit-stirring agent Jorge Mendes - who also looks after The Special One - has told Inter his client still wants to leave Manchester. Ronaldo is also said to be “fascinated” by the prospect of working with Mourinho.
C-Ron after £170k a week after showing dog-like allegiance to club
According to The Daily Mirror, Cristiano Ronaldo’s agent Jorge Mendes is in the process of negotiating the Portuguese an additional £50,000 on his weekly £120,000 pay packet, which would make him the best paid player in the Premiership (Robinho only gets a measly £160,000 a week).
Ronaldo is just 18 months into a contract that is supposed to keep him at Old Trafford until 2012, but Mendes insists the star needs further remuneration as a reward for his “loyalty”. Put differently, Ronaldo should be rewarded for the fact that Manchester Utd strongly resisted the Real Madrid advances, and that Los Blancos are now no longer interested in him. A little convoluted, non?
The new deal - which appears far more like a golden-handcuffed deterrent than a reward - would need to be confirmed by 2010, when the Portuguese man-o’-sex can snake off to another club using the Webster ruling.
So, should Fergie and co reward the tricky winger for actively attempting to leave sticking with the Red Devils, or should they spend the extra £50,000 a week (£2.6m a year!) on someone who might actually show some devotion to his club? Votes and comments below, por favor…
Man Utd star finds out his face is quite far away from his feet
After discovering that spending weeks in California hard at it with models did nothing to solve the mystery of his damaged ankle, Cristiano Ronaldo is now back in Lisbon, and has really started to scrape the barrel for explanations.
According to Spanish rag Marca, the tricky winger and his agent Jorge Mendes visited a ‘prestigious’ Portuguese dentist to discover whether his ankle problems were caused by a badly placed dental plate. Apparently, this isn’t as stupid as it sounds, as many physical ailments stem from buccal problems.
Ronny’s dental trip was inconclusive, but private dentists all around the world will no doubt be rubbing their hands together thinking of all the folks with too much money and minor foot pangs who will be paying them a visit after hearing this news…
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